Mali: French soldiers of the operation Barkhane targeted in Gao attack

Mali: French soldiers of the operation Barkhane targeted in Gao attack

In Mali, French soldiers of the operation Barkhane were attacked on Sunday, July 1, on the outskirts of Gao, by armed men aboard at least one Vehicle. The attack has according to a provisional assessment six dead including two soldiers of the French forces and several wounded

The attack took place in the Second Ward of Gao as the convoy of two VBCIs headed for the Bourem post.

The two 8×8 IFVs of the French Army were quite heavily damaged, and smoke was emerging from one of them.

Mali has seen many spectacular armed actions in recent days. A complex attack occurred, for example, in Sévaré against the G5Sahel Joint Force headquarters on June 29, 2018.

It killed three people, including one civilian and eight wounded. Claimed by JNH (Jabhat Nusrat Al Islam Wal Mouslimin), the attack looks like the one against the Minusma in Timbuktu a few months ago.

A car bombed in UN colors that destroys the access point than an assault attempt or rocket/mortar fire.

Further south of the Boko Haram elements attacked two positions of the Nigerian army in the region of Lake Chad, close to the Chad border, on the night of Saturday, Sunday, 1 July.

The Bilabrim and Koulbakoura outposts were targeted. From security sources, at least two soldiers were killed and three army vehicles destroyed by the jihadist group Boko Haram.